HONG KONG (AFP): The coronavirus could wipe more than US$200 billion off Asia Pacific economies this year, S&P Global ratings warned Friday (March 6), sending growth to its lowest level in more than a decade, as governments struggle to combat the disease.
In a worst-case scenario, China could see growth of less than three per cent, while Japan, Australia and Hong Kong could "flirt with recession", it said in a report.
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